I’m going to be leading a workshop in literary translation from Arabic to English on 21 Feb as part of Manchester … More
Author: Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
Literary translator from Arabic, German and Russian into English
PEN Translates grant for A History of the World With the Women Put Back In It
The news is nearly a month old now but I’m still thrilled that the book I’m working hard on right … More
Books I’m working on – for publication in 2019
It seems that at some point in the last few months I started saying ‘yes’ to all the projects I … More
THE RAVEN’S CHILDREN by Yulia Yakovleva
Leningrad, 1938. When Shura and Tanya’s parents and little brother suddenly disappear in the middle of the night, it’s … More
Apple Cake and Baklava
Title: Apple Cake and Baklava Author: Kathrin Rohmann Illustrator: Franziska Harvey My English translation published by: Darf Publishers 2018 Aimed … More
The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Signs
The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature’s secret signs … More
What I translated in 2017… and what’s out in 2018
This year has been an extremely busy one with some very enjoyable and satisfying books to translate. I’ve fulfilled a … More
Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations
This urgent and timely collection brings together seven specially commissioned stories from the so-called ‘banned nations’: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, … More
A Crime in Ramallah, Abbad Yahya
The Words without Borders July 2017 issue “Divided Countries” includes an excerpt I’ve translated of A Crime in Ramallah by … More
Farewell to the Horse: The Final Century of Our Relationship
*** BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week from 29 May! *** *** Sunday Times History book of the year 2017 *** … More
